Did you remember to back up your pictures and files this year yet? Hard drives fail all the time. I just bought two 8TB Western Digital drives from Best Buy ($159 each). I have an old Synology NAS 212j, a 2 drive bay network storage device. In layman’s terms, it RAIDs (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) the drive for you, so you don’t have to worry about backing up your data. For example, pop in two identical 8TB hard drives into the NAS, and you will have 8TB of storage space, automatically backed up on the other hard drive. If one fails, just put in a drive of equal or greater storage size and you’re back in business.